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...brains of 26 men as they each performed a simple task: choosing one symbol from a pair of symbols. After each selection, the participant was presented with a smiley face or sad face, depending on the symbol he had chosen. All men were equally good at learning to pick the symbols that won them a smiley face, but some men were worse than others at avoiding the ones that resulted in sad faces. Those men, it turns out, had a particular gene variant, or allele, that reduces the density of receptors for dopamine - a neurotransmitter that plays a key role...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How We Learn from Our Mistakes | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

...many Harvard students, Pilbeam is interim dean of the College, social science professor, paleontologist and, of course, the person responsible for squashing UC party grants. But for all the self-righteous outrage in the fallout of Pilbeam’s controversial decision earlier this fall, can Harvard students pick him out of a lineup? A recent survey says maybe, but don’t put your money on it. In a super-scientific poll conducted among 40 Harvard students in Annenberg Hall and Lamont Library Café, students were asked to choose from four photographs to identify the dean. After...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dean David Pilbeam: Man of a Thousand Faces | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

House: Eliot. Concentration: Same as everyone else. Hometown: A warmer place. Ideal Date: 1990. Best way for a girl to get your attention: Grits. Where to find you on a Saturday night: Bop It tournament. First thing you notice about a girl: Bop It skills. Your best pick-up line: Hi I’m Will. Best or worst lie you’ve ever told: I want to work for you because... Something you’ve always wanted to tell someone: I don’t want to work for you. Favorite childhood toy: Shiner. Sexiest physical trait...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scoped! | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

...Housman pick at the top of the key leads to Pusar getting fouled on the other end going for a layup. He'll have 2 FT's. He puts them away. HARVARD 26, MICHIGAN...

Author: By Crimson Sports Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: LIVE: Harvard M. Hoops vs. Michigan | 12/1/2007 | See Source »

...Usually I would go to his room and pick out his clothes for the next day,” Matthew R. Greenfield ’08 says of the apparently fashionless Sundquist, the current vice president who is now vying for the council’s top spot. “We basically had to make him not spend the whole week in sweatpants...

Author: By Abby D. Phillip, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Leading the Charge: The Diehards | 11/30/2007 | See Source »

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